Arts & Entertainment

Wyckoff's Tara Reid Spoofs 'Hunger Games' in Tweet

The actress is apparently working on a "super cool" project with Jamie Kennedy. Remember him?

NORTH JERSEY -- Fans of "The Hunger Games" films will instantly identify the costume, but might be confused about Tara Reid's turn as Katniss Everdeen's effervescent escort.

Yes, that's Reid transformed into Effie Trinket, the perky, pink character originally portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the first tHG film from 2012.

There hasn't been a shakeup in the film's lineup. According to Reid's Twitter account — where the photo first appeared  — she was gussied up for a "super cool" role in an unnamed Jamie Kennedy project.

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Reid, 37, is a Wyckoff native best known for her roles in American Pie and The Big Lebowski.

Film crews working on the Hunger Games sequel "Catching Fire" were spotted in Oakland earlier this year.

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